‘The Americans, Season 1, Episode 3, ‘Gregory’: TV Recap

What do you do when you finally see the truth before you? When you’re faced with facts that you’ve been ignoring for so long?

That’s the tale “Gregory” tells this week.

This episode’s titular character comes through to drop mini-bombs of truth on Philip and Elizabeth, forcing them to realize that they’ve been lying to each other—and themselves—for years. If Elizabeth’s recent softening toward Philip was going to mean anything, she had to be honest about her feelings. And if Philip really wanted his marriage to work, he had to accept the things about Elizabeth that made him uncomfortable.